Canadian Association of Diving Contractors

The draft 7^th edition of CSA Z275.2 is now available for public review. This will review will run to August 11th 2019 ….

You are welcome to review this draft document and provide comments to the Technical Committee on our standards review site: http://publicreview.csa.ca/Home/Details/3461

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This draft new edition of the National Standard of Canada contains many improvements related to new technology, updated reference documents, and clarification of criteria appearing in the current (2015) edition. Following are highlights of the specific additions and changes proposed:

1. new provisions for SCUBA diving – combining “restricted” and “unrestricted” categories into one “occupational SCUBA” category;
2. clarification of crew size requirements for SCUBA diving, including a new requirement to conduct a dive site risk assessment in order to determine appropriate crew size (Clause 7.5);
3. incorporation of updated crew size requirements for surface-supplied diving (Clause 8.2) as published in the 2018 Amendment to Z275.2-15;
4. expanded references to IMCA guidelines for offshore diving (Clauses 9.2 and 9.3);
5. clarification of requirements for four categories of contaminated diving (Clause 11 and Table 8);
6. provision of further guidance on NITROX diving, along with new definitions (Clause 12); and
7. addition of a new Annex (K) on “diver rescue methods”.

Note: While CSA Z275.2 is applicable to occupational diving operations conducted in all bodies of water and water systems, for offshore diving activities, it has been harmonized with regulations, standards, guidelines, and codes developed by the Canadian Oil and Gas Lands Administration (COGLA), the Oil and Gas Producers (OGP), the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), and NORSOK.

Have your say in the new proposed standard. Without your voice or opinion on proposed changes, the standard will go through as proposed.

Participate – it’s YOUR industry.

Regards,

Doug

Doug Elsey, P.Eng.
CADC Executive Director